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Mississippi State University was approved for a $7 million TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant to develop a two-mile corridor to help alleviate gridlock, Sen. Thad Cochran announced Wednesday. Read the complete story here.
Rep. Bennie Thompson is among two dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus calling for an ethics investigation into the practice
The promise of a facility in Kemper County that could use technology to reduce carbon emissions and harness the abundant supply of lignite coal to power homes drew interest from around globe. But after the plant’s owner announced it was ending the project after missed budgets and deadlines, a deeper look reveals that design flaws and construction problems were known well in advance of the project’s collapse, a new report says. Read the complete story here.
U.S. Reps. John Lewis, D-Ga., and Bennie G. Thompson, D-Bolton, are scheduled to be honored next month at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Both lawmakers decided not to participate in the museum’s December opening after President Donald Trump accepted an invitation to appear. Read more here.
Greenville Public School District trustees want more input from principals and school administrators before making a decision on corporal punishment. Go here to read more.
Bernard Law, the disgraced former Boston archbishop in the church molestation scandal who began his ministry in Mississippi, has died. He was 86. To read more visit the Washington Post.